Setting Up Environment

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Setting Up Environment





The purpose of this section is to tell you how to prepare an environment for working with Spreadsheet in API.

Prerequisites

Before developing a web application with Spreadsheet, you should prepare the following softwares:

  • Install JDK 1.5 or above
  • Install an application server
    • You can install any JavaEE application server you like. If you don't have one, Tomcat is a good choice.
  • Install Eclipse or other development tool.
    • In this book, we will use Eclipse as the default IDE to explain related setup.

Create a Dynamic Web Project

  • download sample project
    • a ready-to-run sample eclipse project
  • explain web.xml
  • explain spreadsheet related jar
  • explain the zul


Maven Project

  • download sample maven project
  • explain dependency
  • reference other steps in creating a dynamic web project